29 years ago today (1995-12-04): “Netscape and Sun announce JavaScript, the open, cross-platform object scripting language for enterprise networks and the internet”
https://web.archive.org/web/20070916144913/http://wp.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease67.html
@rauschma Small-brain energy: "They should have stuck with the original Scheme-inspired design; that'd have been much better."
Big-brain energy: "They were smart to go with a language design that mirrored what people were familiar with. Yes, it had design flaws that we probably shouldn't have tolerated in what would become the assembly-language of the web, but there was no guarantee at the time it would hit the way it did and it's better we have something than nothing."
Galaxy-brain energy: "So that's why I'm announcing SchemeScript, my Scheme-inspired compiles-to-Javascript language with compile-time or run-time options for..." 
